F5 SyllandSG 2017-18 - ACCA Global
Performance Management
(F5)
September 2017 to June
2018
This syllabus and study guide is designed to help
with planning study and to provide detailed
information on what could be assessed in
any examination session.
THE STRUCTURE OF THE SYLLABUS AND
STUDY GUIDE
Relational diagram of paper with other papers
This diagram shows direct and indirect links
between this paper and other papers preceding or
following it. Some papers are directly underpinned
by other papers such as Advanced Performance
Management by Performance Management. These
links are shown as solid line arrows. Other papers
only have indirect relationships with each other
such as links existing between the accounting and
auditing papers. The links between these are shown
as dotted line arrows. This diagram indicates where
you are expected to have underpinning knowledge
and where it would be useful to review previous
learning before undertaking study.
Overall aim of the syllabus
This explains briefly the overall objective of the
paper and indicates in the broadest sense the
capabilities to be developed within the paper.
Main capabilities
This paper¡¯s aim is broken down into several main
capabilities which divide the syllabus and study
guide into discrete sections.
Relational diagram of the main capabilities
This diagram illustrates the flows and links between
the main capabilities (sections) of the syllabus and
should be used as an aid to planning teaching and
learning in a structured way.
Syllabus rationale
This is a narrative explaining how the syllabus is
structured and how the main capabilities are linked.
The rationale also explains in further detail what the
examination intends to assess and why.
Detailed syllabus
This shows the breakdown of the main capabilities
(sections) of the syllabus into subject areas. This is
the blueprint for the detailed study guide.
Approach to examining the syllabus
This section briefly explains the structure of the
examination and how it is assessed.
Study Guide
This is the main document that students, learning
and content providers should use as the basis of
their studies, instruction and materials.
Examinations will be based on the detail of the
study guide which comprehensively identifies what
could be assessed in any examination session.
The study guide is a precise reflection and
breakdown of the syllabus. It is divided into sections
based on the main capabilities identified in the
syllabus. These sections are divided into subject
areas which relate to the sub-capabilities included
in the detailed syllabus. Subject areas are broken
down into sub-headings which describe the detailed
outcomes that could be assessed in examinations.
These outcomes are described using verbs
indicating what exams may require students to
demonstrate, and the broad intellectual level at
which these may need to be demonstrated
(*see intellectual levels below).
INTELLECTUAL LEVELS
The syllabus is designed to progressively broaden
and deepen the knowledge, skills and professional
values demonstrated by the student on their way
through the qualification.
The specific capabilities within the detailed
syllabuses and study guides are assessed at one of
three intellectual or cognitive levels:
Level 1: Knowledge and comprehension
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Level 2: Application and analysis
Level 3: Synthesis and evaluation
the subject and how these areas have been broken
down.
Very broadly, these intellectual levels relate to the
three cognitive levels at which the Knowledge
module, the Skills module and the Professional level
are assessed.
GUIDE TO EXAM STRUCTURE
Each subject area in the detailed study guide
included in this document is given a 1, 2, or
3 superscript, denoting intellectual level, marked at
the end of each relevant line. This gives an
indication of the intellectual depth at which an area
could be assessed within the examination. However,
while level 1 broadly equates with the Knowledge
module, level 2 equates to the Skills module and
level 3 to the Professional level, some lower level
skills can continue to be assessed as the student
progresses through each module and level. This
reflects that at each stage of study there will be a
requirement to broaden, as well as deepen
capabilities. It is also possible that occasionally
some higher level capabilities may be assessed at
lower levels.
The Fundamentals level examinations contain
100% compulsory questions to encourage
candidates to study across the breadth of each
syllabus.
LEARNING HOURS AND EDUCATION
RECOGNITION
The ACCA qualification does not prescribe or
recommend any particular number of learning hours
for examinations because study and learning
patterns and styles vary greatly between people and
organisations. This also recognises the wide
diversity of personal, professional and educational
circumstances in which ACCA students find
themselves.
As a member of the International Federation of
Accountants, ACCA seeks to enhance the education
recognition of its qualification on both national and
international education frameworks, and with
educational authorities and partners globally. In
doing so, ACCA aims to ensure that its qualifications
are recognized and valued by governments,
regulatory authorities and employers across all
sectors. To this end, ACCA qualifications are
currently recognized on the education frameworks in
several countries. Please refer to your national
education framework regulator for further
information.
Each syllabus contains between 23 and 35 main
subject area headings depending on the nature of
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The structure of examinations varies within and
between modules and levels.
The Knowledge module is assessed by equivalent
two-hour paper based and computer based
examinations.
The Corporate and Business Law (F4)
paper is a two- hour objective test examination
which is also available as a computer based exams
for English and Global variants, as well as paper
based for all variants.
The skills module examinations F5-F9 contain a mix
of objectives and longer type questions with a
duration of three hours for 100 marks.* These are
available as computer-based and paper-based
exams. In the computer-based exams there may be
instances where we have extra content for the
purposes of ongoing quality assurance and security.
* For paper-based exams there is an extra 15
minutes to reflect the manual effort required.
The Professional level papers are all of three hours
15 minutes duration and, all contain two
sections. Section A is compulsory, but there will be
some choice offered in Section B.
ACCA has removed the restriction relating to reading
and planning time, so that while the time
considered necessary to complete these exams
remains at 3 hours, candidates may use the
additional 15 minutes as they choose. ACCA
encourages students to take time to read questions
carefully and to plan answers but once the exam
time has started, there are no additional restrictions
as to when candidates may start writing in their
answer books.
Time should be taken to ensure that all the
information and exam requirements are properly
read and understood.
GUIDE TO EXAMINATION ASSESSMENT
The Essentials module papers all have a Section A
containing a major case study question with all
requirements totalling 50 marks relating to this
case. Section B gives students a choice of two from
three 25 mark questions.
Section A of both the P4 and P5 Options papers
contain one 50 mark compulsory question, and
Section B will offer a choice of two from three
questions each worth 25 marks each.
Section A of each of the P6 and P7 Options papers
contains 60 compulsory marks from two questions;
question 1 attracting 35 marks, and question 2
attracting 25 marks. Section B of both these
Options papers will offer a choice of two from three
questions, with each question attracting 20 marks.
All Professional level exams contain four
professional marks.
The pass mark for all ACCA Qualification
examination papers is 50%.
ACCA reserves the right to examine anything
contained within the study guide at any examination
session. This includes knowledge, techniques,
principles, theories, and concepts as specified.
For the financial accounting, audit and assurance,
law and tax papers except where indicated
otherwise, ACCA will publish examinable
documents once a year to indicate exactly
what regulations and legislation could potentially be
assessed within identified examination sessions..
For paper based examinations regulation issued or
legislation passed on or before 31st August annually,
will be examinable from 1st September of the
following year to 31st August t of the year after that.
Please refer to the examinable documents for the
paper (where relevant) for further information.
Regulation issued or legislation passed in
accordance with the above dates may be
examinable even if the effective date is in the future.
The term issued or passed relates to when
regulation or legislation has been formally approved.
The term effective relates to when regulation or
legislation must be applied to an entity transactions
and business practices.
The study guide offers more detailed guidance on
the depth and level at which the examinable
documents will be examined. The study guide
should therefore be read in conjunction with the
examinable documents list.
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Syllabus
MAIN CAPABILITIES
On successful completion of this paper, candidates
should be able to:
BA (P3)
APM (P5)
A
Explain and apply cost accounting techniques
B
Select and appropriately apply
decision-making techniques to facilitate
business decisions and promote efficient and
effective use of scarce business resources,
appreciating the risks and uncertainty inherent
in business and controlling those risks
C
Identify and apply appropriate budgeting
techniques and methods for planning and
control and use standard costing systems to
measure and control business performance and
to identify remedial action
D
Identify and discuss performance
management information and measurement
systems and assess the performance of
an organisation from both a financial and nonfinancial viewpoint, appreciating the problems
of controlling divisionalised businesses and
the importance of allowing for external
aspects
PM (F5)
F2/FMA
AIM
To develop knowledge and skills in the application
of management accounting techniques to
quantitative and qualitative information for planning,
decision-making, performance evaluation, and
control
RELATIONAL DIAGRAM OF MAIN CAPABILITIES
Specialist cost and
management accounting
techniques (A)
Decision-making
techniques (B)
Budgeting and control (C)
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management and
control (D)
RATIONALE
The syllabus for Paper F5, Performance
Management, builds on the knowledge gained in
Paper F2, Management Accounting. and seek to
examine candidates¡¯ understanding of how to
manage the performance of a business. It also
prepares candidates for more specialist capabilities
which are covered in P5 Advanced Performance
Management.
The syllabus begins by introducing more specialised
management accounting topics. There is some
knowledge assumed from Paper F2 ¨C primarily
overhead treatments. The objective here is to
ensure candidates have a broader background in
management accounting techniques.
systems can be used to facilitate this. They should
appreciate the importance of both financial and
non-financial performance measures in
management. Accountants should also appreciate
the difficulties in assessing performance in
divisionalised businesses and the problems caused
by failing to consider external influences on
performance. This section leads directly to Paper
P5.
All of the subject areas covered in this syllabus
could be examined in either a public sector or
private sector context.
The syllabus then considers decision-making.
Candidates need to appreciate the problems
surrounding scarce resource, pricing and
make-or-buy decisions, and how this relates to the
assessment of performance. Risk and uncertainty
are a factor of real-life decisions and candidates
need to understand risk and be able to apply some
basic methods to help resolve the risks inherent in
decision-making.
Budgeting is an important aspect of many
accountants¡¯ lives. The syllabus explores different
budgeting techniques and the problems inherent in
them. The behavioural aspects of budgeting are
important for accountants to understand, and the
syllabus includes consideration of the way
individuals react to a budget. The preparation of
fixed, flexible and incremental budgets is assumed
knowledge from F2.
Standard costing and variances are then built on.
All the variances examined in Paper F2 are
assumed knowledge in F5. Mix and yield variances,
and planning and operational variances are explored
here and the link is made to performance
management. It is important for accountants to be
able to interpret the numbers that they calculate
and ask what they mean in the context of
performance.
The syllabus concludes with performance
management systems, measurement and control.
This is a major area of the syllabus. Accountants
need to understand how a business should be
managed and controlled and how information
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